Man, infant killed in South LA head-on crash involving wrong-way driver: officials

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Man, baby killed in head-on crash

A baby was killed when the driver of a stolen car crashed into his car. The driver was also killed.

A man and an infant were killed, and two others were critically injured in a head-on collision late Monday night in South Los Angeles, officials said. 

Officials said speed was a factor

What we know:

The crash was reported just after 11:30 p.m. on the 4600 block of South Western Avenue near West 47th Street where a white sedan collided head-on with a black vehicle. 

Officers said that the white sedan was stolen. Surveillance video showed the car flying down Western "like a missile," as one witness said, before it veered into the oncoming lanes, hitting the black car.

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Baby among 2 dead in South LA crash

A man and a baby were killed in a head-in collision in South LA overnight. Officials said one of the drivers was going the wrong way.

Responding Los Angeles Fire crews pronounced the infant and the driver of the white sedan deceased on the scene.

"I saw the one child pass away, and the dad together with the child. And the dad said, 'is my son okay, is my son okay'," said Angel Manuel, who was just finishing his shift as a security guard nearby when he witnessed the crash.

The two adults in the vehicle with the infant were critically injured and rushed to a hospital, according to the LAPD. They were described as a 20-year-old male driver and a 25-year-old female passenger. 

The deadly crash is being investigated by the LAPD's South Traffic Division. 

A GoFundMe has been created for the crash victims.

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What we don't know:

The names of the victims have not been released, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation. 

The Source: Information provided by the Los Angeles Fire and Police departments. 

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